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Thursday, April 13
Greystone Golf & Country Club / Birmingham, Ala.
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SEC Stroke Play - Day 2
Bulldogs Remain 7th At SEC Championships
April 13, 2023 | Women's Golf
Don posts 16 pars under challenging conditions
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Georgia remained in seventh place on a tight team leaderboard at the SEC Women's Golf Championships following Thursday's second round. The Bulldogs enter the final round of stroke play qualifying three strokes above the cut for an eight-team match play bracket for Saturday and Sunday.
"This time of year, you'd love to be in first but also, you're trying to get a tee time for Saturday for match play," head coach Josh Brewer said. "We're in a position where we control our own destiny. If you look at what we've done the past two years during the NCAAs at Regionals and nationals, we've thrived. We're right where we want to be. Now, we need to just go play tomorrow."
The Bulldogs shot 16-over at Greystone Golf and Country Club under blustery conditions that pushed scores higher than a day earlier. After 13 of 14 teams broke 300 in the first round, only two did so on Thursday.
Candice Mahé led Georgia for the second straight day with a 3-over 75. The Bulldogs rounded out their counting scores with a pair of 76s from Caterina Don and Jo Hua Hung and a 77 from Jenny Bae.
Don's loop was incredibly steady. She recorded 16 pars but blemished her day with double-bogeys at No. 5 and No. 11.
"I think it was a really rough day out there," Don said. "The wind was blowing. It was switching directions. The rain was coming in waves. I think 16 pars gives me a little hope for tomorrow because it's good golf. I just need a few more putts to drop and leave those two mistakes away."
Mahé and Hung are tied for 10th and 15th, respectively, in the individual field. Mahé is at 2-over 146 and Hung is at 5-over 149. Bae is tied for 24th at 151, Don is tied for 37th at 153 and Caroline Craig, who shot 80 on Thursday, is tied for 54th at 156. Auburn's Megan Schofill is the individual leader at 5-under 139.
No. 3 LSU surged to the team lead with the tournament's low round of the day, a 6-over 294. The Tigers are at 586, three strokes clear of No. 7 Auburn. After that, 11 shots separate third and 12th places, with No. 4 South Carolina at 595; No. 10 Texas A&M and No. 19 Vanderbilt at 596; No. 5 Mississippi State at 597; the Bulldogs at 598; No. 21 Florida at 599; Kentucky at 601; Alabama at 602; No. 16 Ole Miss at 604; and Tennessee at 606.
"I think that's why you come to Georgia. That's why you come to the SEC," Don said. "You want to come here to compete. You don't want to come here and win easy. You want to fight to win. To win in such stacked field is so much better than going out and winning easily. It's never easy to win, but winning the SEC just means more."
Brewer said his team's game plan would remain the same on Friday and focus solely on the Bulldogs performance for the most part.
"You just have to go play golf," Brewer said. "It might change the last hole or the last two holes depending on where things are. You go play. We're playing well, and we'll look to continue that trend tomorrow."
Georgia will be paired with Florida and Kentucky for Friday's third and final round of stroke play qualifying. The Bulldogs, Gators and Wildcats will tee off in 10-minute intervals from No. 1 between 10:40-11:20 a.m. ET. Live scoring is available via golfstat.com.
The match play bracket will feature the quarterfinals and semifinals on Saturday and the championship match on Sunday. Saturday's semifinals will be available via SEC Network+, and the championship will air live on the SEC Network.
SEC Women's Golf Championships
Greystone Golf & Country Club
Birmingham, Ala.
Par 72, 6331
Thursday's Second-Round Standings
Team Leaderboard
LSU 292-294=586
Auburn 294-295=589
South Carolina 293-302=595
Vanderbilt 288-308=596
Texas A&M 295-301=596
Mississippi State 292-305=597
Georgia 294-304=598
Florida 290-309=599
Kentucky 294-307=601
Alabama 293-309=602
Tennessee 295-309=604
Ole Miss 295-311=606
Arkansas 306-312=618
Missouri 296-327=623
Individual Leaderboard
Megan Schofill, Auburn 70-69=139
Latanna Stone, LSU 69-73=142
Aine Donegan, LSU 72-71=143
Marina Escobar Domingo, Florida 71-72=143
Laney Frye, Kentucky 70-74=144
Julia Lopez Ramirez, Miss. St. 69-75=144
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU 73-72=145
Mia Lussand, S. Carolina 73-72=145
Celina Sattelkau, Vanderbilt 68-77=145
Anna Foster, Auburn 74-72=146
Jennie Park, Texas A&M 72-74=146
Chiara Tamburlini, Ole. Miss 71-75=146
Candice Mahé, Georgia 71-75=146
Additional Georgia Scores
T15. Jo Hua Hung 73-76=149
T24. Jenny Bae 74-77=151
T37. Caterina Don 77-76=153
T54. Caroline Craig 76-80=156
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Georgia remained in seventh place on a tight team leaderboard at the SEC Women's Golf Championships following Thursday's second round. The Bulldogs enter the final round of stroke play qualifying three strokes above the cut for an eight-team match play bracket for Saturday and Sunday.
"This time of year, you'd love to be in first but also, you're trying to get a tee time for Saturday for match play," head coach Josh Brewer said. "We're in a position where we control our own destiny. If you look at what we've done the past two years during the NCAAs at Regionals and nationals, we've thrived. We're right where we want to be. Now, we need to just go play tomorrow."
The Bulldogs shot 16-over at Greystone Golf and Country Club under blustery conditions that pushed scores higher than a day earlier. After 13 of 14 teams broke 300 in the first round, only two did so on Thursday.
Candice Mahé led Georgia for the second straight day with a 3-over 75. The Bulldogs rounded out their counting scores with a pair of 76s from Caterina Don and Jo Hua Hung and a 77 from Jenny Bae.
Don's loop was incredibly steady. She recorded 16 pars but blemished her day with double-bogeys at No. 5 and No. 11.
"I think it was a really rough day out there," Don said. "The wind was blowing. It was switching directions. The rain was coming in waves. I think 16 pars gives me a little hope for tomorrow because it's good golf. I just need a few more putts to drop and leave those two mistakes away."
Mahé and Hung are tied for 10th and 15th, respectively, in the individual field. Mahé is at 2-over 146 and Hung is at 5-over 149. Bae is tied for 24th at 151, Don is tied for 37th at 153 and Caroline Craig, who shot 80 on Thursday, is tied for 54th at 156. Auburn's Megan Schofill is the individual leader at 5-under 139.
No. 3 LSU surged to the team lead with the tournament's low round of the day, a 6-over 294. The Tigers are at 586, three strokes clear of No. 7 Auburn. After that, 11 shots separate third and 12th places, with No. 4 South Carolina at 595; No. 10 Texas A&M and No. 19 Vanderbilt at 596; No. 5 Mississippi State at 597; the Bulldogs at 598; No. 21 Florida at 599; Kentucky at 601; Alabama at 602; No. 16 Ole Miss at 604; and Tennessee at 606.
"I think that's why you come to Georgia. That's why you come to the SEC," Don said. "You want to come here to compete. You don't want to come here and win easy. You want to fight to win. To win in such stacked field is so much better than going out and winning easily. It's never easy to win, but winning the SEC just means more."
Brewer said his team's game plan would remain the same on Friday and focus solely on the Bulldogs performance for the most part.
"You just have to go play golf," Brewer said. "It might change the last hole or the last two holes depending on where things are. You go play. We're playing well, and we'll look to continue that trend tomorrow."
Georgia will be paired with Florida and Kentucky for Friday's third and final round of stroke play qualifying. The Bulldogs, Gators and Wildcats will tee off in 10-minute intervals from No. 1 between 10:40-11:20 a.m. ET. Live scoring is available via golfstat.com.
The match play bracket will feature the quarterfinals and semifinals on Saturday and the championship match on Sunday. Saturday's semifinals will be available via SEC Network+, and the championship will air live on the SEC Network.
SEC Women's Golf Championships
Greystone Golf & Country Club
Birmingham, Ala.
Par 72, 6331
Thursday's Second-Round Standings
Team Leaderboard
LSU 292-294=586
Auburn 294-295=589
South Carolina 293-302=595
Vanderbilt 288-308=596
Texas A&M 295-301=596
Mississippi State 292-305=597
Georgia 294-304=598
Florida 290-309=599
Kentucky 294-307=601
Alabama 293-309=602
Tennessee 295-309=604
Ole Miss 295-311=606
Arkansas 306-312=618
Missouri 296-327=623
Individual Leaderboard
Megan Schofill, Auburn 70-69=139
Latanna Stone, LSU 69-73=142
Aine Donegan, LSU 72-71=143
Marina Escobar Domingo, Florida 71-72=143
Laney Frye, Kentucky 70-74=144
Julia Lopez Ramirez, Miss. St. 69-75=144
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU 73-72=145
Mia Lussand, S. Carolina 73-72=145
Celina Sattelkau, Vanderbilt 68-77=145
Anna Foster, Auburn 74-72=146
Jennie Park, Texas A&M 72-74=146
Chiara Tamburlini, Ole. Miss 71-75=146
Candice Mahé, Georgia 71-75=146
Additional Georgia Scores
T15. Jo Hua Hung 73-76=149
T24. Jenny Bae 74-77=151
T37. Caterina Don 77-76=153
T54. Caroline Craig 76-80=156
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